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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
gptkb:Johnson-Reed_Act
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1924-05-26
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gptkbp:effect
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banned immigration from Asia
favored immigration from Northern and Western Europe
drastically reduced immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:68th_United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:established
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national origins quota system
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gptkbp:excludes
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gptkb:East_Asians
gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Arabs
gptkb:Indians
gptkb:Asians
Japanese
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Public Law 67-346
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gptkbp:purpose
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to limit the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota
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gptkbp:quotaBasis
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2% of the number of people from that country already living in the U.S. as of the 1890 census
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:Emergency_Quota_Act_of_1921
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gptkbp:restrictedImmigrationFrom
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gptkb:Asia
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:42_Stat._1486
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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